Neoma lightly nudged Aella with her foot. “Hey. Wake up.” 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6TMoQAroY
Aella twitched and yawned. “Mm?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZqfKACyWM
"Come on. Or I will flip you into a pool of water." She nudged her again.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP90CMjJXim
Aella’s eyes flashed open. “I’m up!”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNTh2THkWJ
"Except we have no water around," Luna pointed out.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xTG0x05vW
"…" Aella looked around. As Luna said, not so much as a puddle in their immediate area. "Oh."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GTnI4vqPN
Luna giggled. “You’ll learn when and when not to fall for her tricks.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprwvsdE4rD
Neoma shrugged, getting up on her horse. “Don’t eat too much, we need that food.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrNCbyluGg
Aella laughed along with Luna, and slowly got up. Wow, she was sore…956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSd7oVMVYYq
Luna paused in her laughter. “But….but I wanna go hunting,” she whined.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzB5sEK1o5
"Luna, what can you catch out here?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLkXrU9LMQ
Aella looked at them curiously. She wasn’t quite sure what they were talking about… did Luna know how to hunt? Aella’s dad did, but her mom said it wasn’t ladylike. Luna was a lady though…956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBALf3x0KF
"Um…."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZR77Y01HcM
"Exactly." 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGYzjNBKvP
Aella pulled herself up onto her horse. “Didn’t know you hunted.~”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNGdjAqj2n
Luna grinned and nodded, flashing her pointed teeth. That made sense, didn’t it… She had only JUST held Luna as a fluffy cat, and cats hunted. Encouraged by this, Aella continued. “Is it fun?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPg4OIUEtF8
"Yes!" She giggled, going into her cat form. Aella hummed happily, though she wished she could pet her friend again. Her fur was so SOFT!956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk43ZNKRVif
Neoma stared ahead, tilting her head to the side for a second. Aella didn’t bother questioning the gesture, and went ahead with her questioning.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0aM1d26B4
"How far do you think we’ll get today?~"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCFbmZBM6v
The elemental shrugged, looking down at the shadowy horse.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvVJ1CeSmw
 She let it drop and started humming absently, gazing up at the sky.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywGeCSUTSJ
"….What do you want to know?" Neoma finally asked, after about 20 minutes of silence.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTkDZCrFZr
"I wanna know a lot of stuff!" she said enthusiastically. Neoma was actually OFFERING to answer her questions? This was wonderful!956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKdg8AkHSk
"Well, ask away."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpttm5ktiEj
"Okay. Do you have any other powers besides the shadow horse thing? Does Luna, besides turning into the most adorable cat ever? What’s your favorite thing to do? Do you like traveling like this?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjs6Hp1gBLX
"Of course. Shadow is an elemental power. One of the strongest. Most people who have shadow powers are rather…creative, and work well with illusions." She blinked, then said a bit slower, "No, Luna is a familiar, do you know what that is? I like a lot of things, and no, I prefer shadows, but that’s a one person thing. My second favorite would be wolfback."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1vANSxwbc
"Can I see some of your other powers sometime? And no, don’t know what a familiar is. Can you name one of the things you like?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wsWRKscaD
"I guess. She assists with my fighting, magic, and so on. And no."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQJO1sd0uK
Aella made a face at the last one. “Aw.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXe7wDrIYCX
"What else?" Neoma finally looked over at her, and her face brightened further at this.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEyayAcuz2
She thought for a moment. “Have you ever just helped someone like this before? And how much do you know about shapeshifters like Cináed, anyway?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4djhswVHp
 She glanced over at Luna. “Yes. Not a lot.” 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkyUYPVoW5
Aella tipped her head. “What DO you know?” she wondered. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFylxCMKf9
"The name implies a lot. And I guess silver hurts them?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡencUSslIri
"And some other stuff," Aella said a bit absently. "I’m not sure which, exactly… I only know snatches of it from Cináed. I try not to, though, he scares me." She didn’t like when she caught pieces of his thoughts. They were always mean… were ALL shapeshifters like that? She hoped not.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaFTeNtQv8
 Neoma nodded. “Anything else?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJc4WsPpFO
Aella hesitated. “Why are we going to France?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVlMFsmIGk
"So Luna and I can go home."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMWT1vS2zd
"Is your home that way?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5ahNj0M85
"Hm…you can say that." Neoma frowned. "…Well. Have you heard of these things… they’re called dimension ties."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBICZt39JON
"… huh?" Her expression went completely blank, and her mind matched.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtbSnoOISx
"That’s what we call them, I don’t know your word for it." She patted her horse for a second.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZw0f5NyXGq
 ”What exactly are they?” she asked, utterly confused.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78p3nmvMZr
 ”You don’t think this is the only plane of existence, do you?” The elemental raised an eyebrow, looking off to the side. A part of Aella did wonder why she didn’t like making eye contact… maybe she was shy, or worried, or sad. Oh well, she would be more cheerful eventually!~ Aella liked making people happy, a room full of happy people was always the best kind.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1EoNUaCYP
Oh, she was zoning out. Not that what Neoma was saying made much sense, but it was rude to stop listening!956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGRyX6YICw
 ”…Earth. Do you think it’s the only place with life forms?!”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvI5kWt9KY
 ”There’s more places besides Earth?” Now she was excited by the thought of places like that, ones she’d never heard of. “Is that why you wouldn’t tell me where you were from?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdjlroSdZi
 She nodded. “Yeah, part of it.” Luna looked up, tilting her head for a moment, then gave a purr, making Aella inwardly squeal.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykQ2Z7sXkl
"Will I ever get the chance to see it?"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4V7LvWfCy
"You might," She looked up, "if we ever GET THERE."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfYttABieo
 ”Yay!~”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15ziZtcT0z
 Neoma paused again, sitting sideways on her horse. “So besides shapeshifter and all that funstuff,” (she rolled her eyes at the word fun), “what was your life like?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDPQyjGMd9
 ”Mm?” Aella looked over at her. “Pretty normal, I guess. Middle-class family, lived in a pretty coastal town in England…”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xtETBiBQe
  “…. Middle class….” She tilted her head a little, like she had no idea what she was talking about. “You were poor, then?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Klw8PHiz1
 Aella giggled. “No, we weren’t poor. We just didn’t have as much money as all the really rich people, like the royalty.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgiDsc3bdq
  “Oh.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHu0iHZXrY
 ”Mhm.” Aella smiled absently and returned to stroking her horse.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNr0JtdyJI
  She let out a soft breath, still keeping her eyes on Luna. After awhile, she bit her lip and finally tore her eyes from the cat, only to let them fall to her lap. “Sorry.” It sounded a bit forced, not like something that normally came out of her mouth. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTTPed4oZ0
 ”… huh?” Aella looked back over at her. What could she possibly be apologizing for? They were both being so nice to her…956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBFBvcycLo
"I’m not good with people." She shrugged. "So, sorry."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNCygdnbub
  “You don’t need to be sorry,” Aella said with a slight smile. Not good with people… well, that would have to be fixed, wouldn’t it?956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpjzEuLqBK
  She nodded, looking to the side again. “… Thanks.” Aella just grinned at her new friend.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVXiwVkJFA
 After a while, Luna seemed to get a bit bored, and she started to dash off….only to have Neoma call her back. Aella giggled a little, and Luna tilted her head. Then she gave a slight cat-like growl when she was forced onto Neoma’s  horse.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8guR75FqK
 ”I’m boooored,” Aella drawled after a minute or so.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AjPT64hPd
 Neoma looked up. “What do you want to do then?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGo3AHyULcH
  She gave the question some serious thought. “Dunno. What’s there to do?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FxYi7sP0K
 ”We are riding on horses. What IS THERE to do?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbcfGURFyJ
  “…. Dunno?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIL8aMia47O
 She grumbled a bit, then sighed. “I dont know, either.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXfwzSKP9M
 ”Aww.” Aella sighed. “So we’re gonna be bored until we get somewhere?” That sounded… boring.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu6t7zdD1Q
 ”I think so. Yeah.” Neoma glared at Luna, who was trying to hop off the horse.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7FBo8hgCH
 Aella groaned and thunked her head dramatically on the horse’s neck (said horse just snorted). This could take FOREVER!956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIurDK1t9M
  “Oh, calm down, its not that bad.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8b2BX4uX9
  “… Fine.” She pouted.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wGmBJJxbG
Neoma looked off to the side, following along the road, while Aella started humming quietly to herself. Neoma watched the other, then looked away.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9igW1H0TB
 It wasn’t long before Aella was shifting restlessly again.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMq1Uz9cSYM
"You’re bored again, aren’t you?" Neoman had shifted postions by then, laying with her arms around the horse’s neck.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqVzaRPwBF
"Maaaybe."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDVaPNxFQ6
 ”It’s in your body language. You’re acting fidgety, so either you’re nervous or bored.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOW7XSmj9t7
  “… Okay, bored.” Wow, Neoma was smart!956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lpdoIOB8F
 She rolled her eyes. “Well, you can continue to ask questions, I guess. It’s almost sunset, give it an hour or two.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSbOKw3KJe
  “Okay~”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsHijNQyiO
After a long drawn out silence, Neoma stated, “At least France and England aren’t at war?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkIzFWEefd
 ”That wouldn’t be fun,” she agreed.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnD91GrRCRS
"War isnt an easy thing, no matter your social status."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BrGPDttrj
 Aella shook her head with a slight frown. “Mom says it’s really awful.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuSbfFsvO2
 She looked ahead. “England and France go to war a lot, dont they?” She asked this quickly, glancing aside.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iV9diuOzP
  She nodded. “Yeah… why?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4DXOPQXTa
 ”Just making sure I was right.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTt16w2sWgI
  “Oh.~ Well, you are!”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡum4axIMLSr
 Neoma looked at the girl. “We need to blend in with the locals, though.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmisrS2ADVS
  She frowned. “Um… Okay. How exactly do we do that?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKsNYFkMUo
 ”Fashion.” Neoma had a hint of a smirk on her face, and tilted her head a bit. “Which is ALWAYS fun…”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCq79dhsnL
  “I know!~”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZul8vvH2w
 ”That was sarcasm, nuts for brains.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8FFKqx6if
  “… It was? But fashion IS fun,” Aella said matter-of-factly. How could Neoma think otherwise? That just didn’t make sense.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMcRjzckRL
 ”Not Earth fashion.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKWDb1lyYr
  “Uh-huh,” she said stubbornly. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgOBAgm507
 ”I much prefer my world’s fashion. Less skirt-y.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ520Pp2c7w2
  “Skirts are nice.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKrZOCr9Td
 ”Ugh, nope.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5kjfSW4pX
  “Yep!~”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLfe4bFfdU
 ”No, pants and shorts are much more convenient and comfortable.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnN1BKQP6X
  “But skirts and dresses are prettier.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fgeivfU16
 ”And?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmO1uV4XjrW
  “And what?” Aella blinked. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHI7Hlm0IO
 ”What use is looking pretty if you can’t do anything while you do?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCjduKCWtb
  “Who says you have to do anything that might ruin your clothes while you look pretty?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr90ChRyjGm
 ”Because nothing fun comes out of it!”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTvOqaFKAq
  “It’s fun to be pretty!”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77MBP3mykL
 ”I’d rather not.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGXB1QmNDo
  “That’s too bad, then. I like looking pretty.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvetzftFXYL
"And I really don’t care."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPx8UCaaIX
  Aella pouted, and Neoma gave a sly grin.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKWz1OvVRx
  “… Won’t you have to wear a dress to blend in, though?” The girl suddenly questioned.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0t2jkhRKu
 ”Shit.” She groaned, hitting her head on the horse’s neck.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kR9Byjr6N
Aella laughed. “Shut up.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs85VfVRzlw
  “Sorry…”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXP3OihOhn
 She gave some sort of odd hand signal, not raising her head.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1jil0ELe7
  Aella was still grinning a bit. “I do think you’ll look pretty in a dress, though.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZM2JEZlB2p
 ”I don’t… like dresses….”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2y2SUHA78
  “It’ll be alright… they’re not THAT bad.~”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsp5FcrYKKg
 ”This is coming from Miss Happy-Cheery.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhkHxLp160
  Aella just grinned wider.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoT350Lfg7d
 ”Not a compliment.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHARUe9BTz
  “Sounds like one to me.~”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5SlGnk5qC
 ”Well, it isn’t.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpvDKdK8ut
  “Why not? Isn’t being happy and cheerful a good thing?” How confusing.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iUL2UDhNs
 ”To you, maybe.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknAEbnvMaV
  “Why not to you?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XokNJZByH
 ”I get annoyed easily.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aGtsSOQG6
  “… Oh. You should work on that.” How could you be happy if you got annoyed so easily? Maybe THAT was why Neoma seemed so grumpy…956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRcx44XEra
 ”…” Neoma finally raised her head, glaring at her.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4wicLqey0
  Aella went silent for a moment. Oops. “Sorry.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcDox886Qa
 ”No, no…”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2R9lcG4gq
  She gave her a confused look, and Neoma made that hand gesture again. Aella blinked, then looked away to her horse.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHcZWcnnZ0
  *     *     *     *     *956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVS2NGK7O1
  Neoma poked a small fire with stick, staying near its heat. “Okay, so do you like fish, by any chance?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnOlFV0ewU
   Aella nodded, brightening considerably. “I like pretty much all seafood.~”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡte6uKOdeL5
  “The next town is a seaside town…” She poked it again, her hand moving over to the fruit.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxeMicdxKD
   ”Oh, yay!~” Towns on the coast were her favorite! Like her home.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjJjI4upGd
  Neoma looked at the girl again. “How old are you?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12DbAvKgdL
   ”Fifteen, why?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4yS9yVHtX
  “Hmm.” She gazed into the fire, then looked to the side. “In your years, I’m 19.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCn0tf26rk
   ”My years?” Aella tipped her head curiously. Were her years special or something? Maybe they were longer. Or really short. Or…956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZW9fYg6dc
  “Human.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUrYvhuUO2
   Oh. “What kind of years do you use? And how old are you in those?”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBmJyKrCIv
  “For my species, years are nothing. I’m much older in that time.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6RDZ2BHqn
   ”Wow…” Neoma didn’t look old, but it sounded like she was ancient!956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJZkKEemnY
  She nodded slowly.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhegW3mJmex
   ”What about Luna?” Aella wondered.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUYht9DrkB
  “Luna is sixteen.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVtyzvXe7E
   ”Oh.~” Almost the same age as herself!956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdYqBXGrWe
  She nodded again, sliding over the basket. Aella poked around inside it and pulled out a tasty-looking fruit.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJn7VHnZ21a
  When Aella looked back to Neoma, she was playing with shadows, making little figures out of the darkness. She watched her interestedly as the elemental’s hand rose up, dragging a shadow with it. After a pause, she changed the shape into a sphere, then pushed it into the fire. To Aella’s surprise, it began to burn.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtHsnjoRgV
   ”Shadows can burn?” Aella piped up curiously.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0BTtAORPP
  “When they turn into something physical, yes.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5une8WPHYS
   ”… huh.” Whatever that meant.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpRYIG8DSc
  “You see…” She lifted another shadow, starting to form it into something. “The ability to change an object’s property normally needs to melt, heat up, or freeze. But if you can change something that doesn’t even exist in a different property, then…” She started to make a point on it. “It becomes part of the element, MADE out of the element.” She threw the object into the other’s lap, a small black dagger the height of the her hand.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlVlbiwEYP
  “You can’t melt it, you can’t freeze it. It’s forced to stay THAT element until changed by someone who can control the element itself.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhs7nV3fixD
   ”… um, okay,” Aella said uncertainly. She supposed it at least made sense to Neoma, and that was important… The dagger resting in her hands was simple, dull and not decorated. After a few moments, it misted out of her hand, startling her, and dripped off it into the shadows. Then it was back into Neoma’s hand.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuThzR7Rj7c
"Woah…" The blonde stared as it got a shadowy look again, and Neoma used her fingernail to start carving something into it. 956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YtwojEVb0
"It’s made of shadows, it can’t be anything but. Therefore you need to solidfy, liquefy, or make it into a gas like a shadow, or just leave it a shadow."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuDAv0ADzz
   ”… Uh huh..?” Aella’s head was spinning by then, absolutely confused. She really DID try to pay attention, but…956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzUUogoIqy
  Neoma glanced up at the other with a soft sigh. “Okay, the idiot version. Now imagine that I threw this into the fire.” She held up the knife. “It will heat up, yes, but at which point would it melt? It wouldn’t.” She made the shadow become solid in her hands. “But say that I had…” She dipped her hand into a shadow, cupping them and pulling it up. “A liquid shadow. It won’t freeze and become solid. It also won’t become a gas. It’s going to stay a liquid.” She let it fall back into the shadows, picking up the knife again.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmp8eJSqlB
   ”But… why?” she asked, trying to sort all of this information out.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8ufpHmOmy
  “It’s only a shadow, Aella.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDEKQuR7BC
   ”Okay..”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwGWFNTMrW
  “But when you’re really powerful, you can practically turn them into a weapon. Now, it won’t work against some things, but against elements that are the opposite of mine…” A ton of pin-like shadows rose around Neoma, disappearing a bit in the dark and showing in the light of the fire. “… or humans, ‘cause no offense, but your kind are easy to hurt…” She let the pins drop. “It becomes a weapon.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5rO6yliGl
   ”Oh.” That, at least, seemed to make a little more sense…956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7rVh91ySr
  Neoma grabbed the knife, holding it up. “Your shifter friend, it probably won’t hurt like this. It won’t hurt me, either, seeing as I did make it.” She pressed the tip of the blade to her palm and pushed down, but instead of stabbing through, it only flattened into her hand, spreading out in a circle.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8gDECJEDt
   ”Wow… that’s really neat.” Aella’s eyes were wide.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEt0X1WBKd
  She moved next to the girl, grabbing her arm and pressing the blade to it. It wasn’t enough to draw blood, but enough to prove a point. “For you, any harder would break skin, but for me, not even a chance.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvxUcnc0XK
   ”Wow… that must be neat.” Aella felt a little stinging sensation where the sharp edge met skin, but there wasn’t a drop of blood.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7e2y5laWiY
Neoma nodded. “I can also…” She dropped the knife, holding both her hands up and raising a thin sheet of shadow in an almost misty effect. “Try punching through it.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCwLFwXpDB
"Just… punch it?" Aella tipped her head.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUw3J9L33uF
  “Not too hard, just proving a point here.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOS9N45hMkc
   ”A-Alright.” Aella aimed a light punch at it (okay, a REALLY light punch). It seemed to solidify as she hit it. “Oh, wow.” She pulled back her fist, watching as it returned to a a misty look when there was no longer pressure against it. “That’s really cool.”956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ggZ0adtKg
"Now, let’s say someone with a light ability or weapon attacked it? It would break through. On the other hand, if I attacked a light shield with my shadow, I’d break that."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPyqbWb9YL
"Huh."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaozeIk2aF
She nodded. “Fire might crack it.” She pushed down the shield, looking at the shadow ball still sitting in the fire.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYneTb5MjzY
 Aella blinked. “Huh,” she repeated.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JCaFB9gGp
"Now, if you got your hands on a light weapon, you could break it too. A fire one would probably burn your hand, though…"956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVnXku8czy
"That’s really interesting.~" Aella hummed, gazing into the fire and the black pit in its center.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6o0jqCMrg
Neoma nodded, looking at the sky. “The stars here are weird,” she stated unexpectedly.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Zl7O73VYQ
"Weird how?" Aella looked at her, blinking.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oFYvZojc9
"Not in the same places." She shook her head.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEvIFrWqWS
"So it’s different in your world, huh… I’d like to see how they look there."956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQCBw61OGx
She nodded, closing her eyes. It didn’t seem likely that she would answer any more questions, and was clearly done with her explanation… Aella sighed and let her eyes flicker shut as she realized just how tired she was.956Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3oJ432pTn
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